Disabled Fans Shut Out of Star Wars Galaxies
Topic: People
I got quite a bit of mail regarding the Star Wars Galaxies article that ran earlier this week, and only sixty percent of it or so was from people calling me an [expletive] moron, so that's actually a surprisingly good ratio.
One letter, though, that caused me to think about the situation in a way that I hadn't even considered before I wrote the piece was from Nick Dupree, a disability rights activist and writer. He is confined to a wheelchair and his mobility is severely limited -- he can move one thumb and an index finger. This was enough to play Star Wars Galaxies, and he was a devotee of the game.
With the New Game Enhancements described in the article, he can't play anymore, since it requires users to use the mouse and keyboard seperately:
"Now the NGE has the mouse solely for combat and movement solely reserved for the WASD keys, no customization possible. So since left click is a basic attack and right click is a special, how do I move forward? Now I can't even walk my character to the starport."
He mentioned that LucasArts claims they are working on a patch for the game that will allow players to play it using only the mouse, but for the time being, the "demographic most reliant on games to socialize," in Dupree's words, are left without a game.
I thought it was kinda funny. But then again, i probably won't get into heaven.
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